B2 and Other Great Tiger Pics from India

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(11-10-2023, 08:11 AM)Roflcopters Wrote:

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the legend Bhaisanghat/T46 of Mukki. Nov/2023

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M1 from Kisli zone, Kanha. Nov/2023

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Pattewala male of Mukki. Oct/2023

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Neela Nala male of Mukki. Nov/2023

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old pic of Dhamangaon male of Kanha. 

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Dj female of Mukki. 2022

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the late N-2/Kishan of Nauradehi, he was killed by N-3 a few months back. 

here is the story of N-2/Kishan also known as (W11 - originally of Bandhavgarh)

!! Translocation of Tigers in Nauradehi Sanctuaryin in 2018 from Kanha and Bandhavgarh. !!

First translocation of Tigers (male and female) in Nauradehi M.P. was done in April - May  2018. This was done by Sh Mridul Kumar Pathak , the then Field Director of Bandhavgarh.

When Forest department declared that there is no tiger in Nauradehi that was in fact a time when  a tiger was visiting the vast area of Nauradehi and because he had no interest to stay in the area because there was no presence of any female tiger in the area.

This is confirmed by some villagers of Ankhikheda and some lower cadre staff who saw his pugmarks but never had any photograph to prove their claim that in 2011 a male Tiger was regularly seen in Ankhikheda and later on after few years he was found dead in a nallah. He was said to have died a natural death.

Almost 7 years after this first report, a male Tiger was translocated from Bandhavgarh on 19th April 2018.

At the time of tranquilizing this was a totally misidentified Tiger. He was supposed to be a male cub from Jaya, the Rajbehra tigress who had three sub adult male but actually it turned out to be the male cub of Wakeeta , the Banbehi female.

A Tiger mentioned as W11 in Kay Hassall Tiwari's papers ( which are used internationally since mid 90's ) and named N2 in Nauradehi.

N2 was born in Banbehi area in Tala Range of Bandhavgarh which lies on the periphery of the eastern border of the park.

Start from the beginning  Wakeeta had a poor territory and always used buffer. Her territory was so poor that she had great difficulty in raising her litters and lost completely her second litter and raised only one in the third litter. This was due to change of the dominant male in the area.

In her fourth litter to which N2 belong she raised three cubs 2 male and a female cub. The day the N2 was shifted from Bandhavgarh to Nauradehi he was about two years old. (May 2016 - April 2018)

I have no clue and neither the staff in Nauradehi could suggest me exact age of N1, who was brought from Kanha by Shri Mridul Kumar Pathak F D on 1st May 2019 but she was certainly more than 27 months of age and mature  in Feb 19 when she mated with N2 and at that time N2 was minimum  33 months old.

N2 has proved it in Nauradehi and as B1, B2 AND B3 proved it in Bandhavgarh, when Charger was weak and old and there was no other intruder male was visiting Tala range of Bandhavgarh ( Tiger mating in Bandhavgarh by Kay M Hassal and Satyendra K Tiwari ) when they all sired the litter at the similar age.

Remember this is the age, if they gets a chance, they can sire a litter at a very young age when there is no competition. We knew the exact week when B1, B2 and B3 were born in Bandhavgarh as I personally witnessed the mother carrying the tiny cubs to a cave from the main road and informed the forest Department .  As far as the N2 is concerned our best guess is of beginning of May so it can be a week or so before but in any case not more than that.

N1 delivered her first litter with 2 female cubs and one male cub in May 2019 and they were named as N 111(F), N 112(F), N113(M).

N2 was enjoying his life very happily when suddenly in January 2021 he realized that there is a competitor in his area and soon this intruder, who is known as N3 now, captured his territory along with his female N1.

N1 must have taken some time to accept the dominance of N3 and once when all the disputes were settled she got pregnant again and delivered her second litter in November 2021 with three female ( N121, N122, N123) and one male ( N124) cub.

Now N2 after losing his territory to N3 moved towards Singhpur range and later on found his own daughter N112, as his mate. This is very common in Tigers that first mate they find, is often their own father.

N112 delivered a litter with two cubs (sired by N2) in April 2022 which are mentioned as N112(1) and N112(2)

So by this count, the total number of tigers, big or small , comes to 12 but the staff suggest that there was another male which is not sighted since last few months.

They say it could be due to weather conditions that in thick under growth and tall grasses it’s very easy to miss an animal in such a vast area.

The figure of 14 which I wrote in the morning was proved to be of Jan 2022 when two different tigers in different areas were seen.

It’s very difficult to ID a tiger in the field when you are seeing them on foot from a distance.

So now if not 14 then thirteen are probable figure of Tigers in Nauradehi and 12 confirmed.

I must thank Mr Mridul Kumar Pathak and some of the staff of Nauradehi for their input.

credits to Satyendra Tiwari for the write up. 

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/nauradehi-tiger-dies-3-days-after-territorial-fight-rival-remains-elusive/amp_articleshow/101079255.cms

sadly, orphaned tigers from my experience are only fit to survive in semi-wild conditions where they have no competition. N2/Kishan as impressive as he was, he lacked the skillset that mother tigress or male tigers teach them in their early childhood days. raising a tiger in an enclosure with live baits is never a full on solution, it’s just a small perk. nothing more than that. N3 the rival male is an unknown tiger most likely from neighboring Satpura. from what i heard, N2 was much bigger in size as compared to N3 but in the fight. he was no match to the dominance of N3. 

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D1 from Bandhavgarh. Nov/2023

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D1’s sub adult son with Raa female. Nov/2023

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very rarely see male tigers face off against a Gaur in the open, pic from somewhere in Central India. 

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L mark of Pench, MP. Nov/2023

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Raja/T53 of Pench, MH. Nov/2023

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Chota Dadhiyal. Oct/2023

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Balram back inside core. Nov/2023

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Jr Bajrang of Mamla Buffer. Oct/2023

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Paras from Junona buffer. Nov/2023

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Sanju from Junona buffer. Nov/2023

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Yuvraj of Tadoba core. Nov/2023

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Taru from Agarzari. Oct/2023

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male tiger from Kaziranga trying to hunt an Elephant Calf. Nov/2023

Incredible post, thank you for taking the time to put that together. He is enormous! Is the 4th picture from the top, is he breeding with a female in that image? If so, the size difference is really remarkable. Reply